Our School Day 

Opening time: 8.55am

Closing time: 3.30pm

Daily total time = 6hrs 35mins

Weekly total time = 32hrs 55mins

Gates open at 8.45am.

• A member of our teaching staff team meet and greet families at the Oxford Road entrance each morning
• Children enter school as soon as they arrive, proceeding straight to their classrooms 
• A member of staff is on the playground to meet and greet children and support them into school safely
• Senior leaders greet children as they enter the school building and one leader is always available at the start of the day for parents 
• Class teachers are in classrooms to welcome children
• There is a fluid start to the day.  However, learning activities begin as soon as children arrive in school

• YR and Y1 - Children will enter through their classroom doors from the YR courtyard.
• Y2 - Children will enter through the playground door nearest to the school hall.
• Y4 & Y6 - Children will enter through the front entrance nearest to the cycle parking. They will use the front staircase.
• Y3 & Y5 - Children will enter through the playground door nearest to the library. They will use the rear staircase.

School starts at 8.55am 

All children must be in school by this time.

Registers will be completed by 9am. 

If your child arrives after 8.55am they will use the main office entrance and will receive a late mark in the register.

Children arriving after 9:25am will receive a U code (unauthorised absence) for the morning session. 

Morning Playtime

(15 mins)

YR and KS1 - 10.25am - 10.40am

KS2 - 10.30am - 10.45am

YR and Y1 benefit from access to their own outdoor area and due to the structure of continuous provision, they do not have a set morning break. 

*During the spring and summer terms of Y1, children will transition to more table-based learning and at this point join Y2 on the lower playground for 'break time'. 

Y2 and Y3 enjoy using the lower playground together.

*During the spring and summer terms, Y3 will spend some time on the upper playground. Y3 are permitted to use the field with KS2, weather permitting. 

Y4, Y5 and Y6 enjoy using the upper playground and school field together. 

All KS2 classes take turns to use the adventure playground.

Lunch time

(1 hour)

12.00pm - 1.00pm

All classes have an allocated Lunch Time Supervisor.  Lunch Time Supervisors cares for their allocated class when they are playing together on the playground, brings them into the lunch hall and is their key adult during this time of the day. Lunchtime supervisors are based on the playground. 

Whilst children are eating in the hall they are cared for by an additional lunchtime supervisor and the After-School Club manager, Miss Smart. 

Senior leaders are present both inside and outside during lunchtime. 

Children have the opportunity to attend a range of lunchtime clubs, led by TAs and Y6 children- these range from Lego club to art and drama. 

We promote an active lunchtime, an external sports coach leads playground activities for KS1 on Tuesdays and Thursday, and KS2 on Mondays and Wednesdays.  

End of the day - 3.30pm

The School Road gate opens at 3.25pm for parents and carers. 

Class teachers dismiss their class.

• YR and Y1 - Children leave through their classroom doors from the YR courtyard. (Classroom doors will open at 3.25pm - there is a fluid end to the school day.)
• Y2-6 - Children are collected from the playground at the back of the school